Our last WEEKLY ROUNDUP of the year🤎💛🏜️🗞️! 👋🏼Do not miss out on this week’s stories, and ways you can continue to support the Border Chronicle!📰

I noticed that the DHS 287g website added a "tribal task force model," which I had not seen before. My suspicion was that DHS was using $ to tempt the leaders of tribal nations into contracts with DHS to arrest and/ or detain immigrants. www.ice.gov/identify-and...

“Re-invision No More Division:” A Reflective Photo Essay of 2025. A visual journey through 2025 at the U.S.-Mexico border, from flowers on the wall honoring José Antonio to cows crossing the Rio Grande, seeking reciprocity, beauty, and a different way forward beyond division. Full photo essay🦂🔗:

As we approach the end of 2025, we at The Border Chronicle thank you for reading and subscribing. We are very grateful.💛 Support the only independent media outlet covering the entire U.S.-Mexico border. Meet our reporters and help us grow in 2026.🦂

In early December the Trump administration dynamited a portion of the Coronado National Memorial to create gravel for a border wall through one of North America’s last pristine prairies in the San Rafael Valley in southern Arizona. For the full story🔗🦂: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

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The Trump administration has announced another National Defense Area at the border in San Diego and Imperial Counties. This one under the control of the Navy. www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

New Episode “This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson” is Out NOW! 🎙️🎧 Johnson was an immigration judge, and in November, he was fired without explanation. To listen to the full episode, click below🦂🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

Under Trump, DACA recipients struggle with new uncertainty. Since 2012, undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children have been protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. A status that no longer makes them feel secure. Full story🔗🦂: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...

Nice weekly roundup with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social's Melissa Del Bosque and Caroline Tracey, with a mention of my new poetry collection, Southwest Reconstruction. substack.com/@melissadelb...

US Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, following a pause of almost three weeks.

Happy Friday!🕺🏻 Our Weekly Roundup is here and you do not want to miss out on this week’s stories!🗞️ Click the link below for the full Weekly Roundup 🦂🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

“What I saw in that room is one of the most troubling scenes I’ve ever seen in my time in public service.”

A River without Water: A Photo Essay by Eduardo Tamalantes. Eduardo Tamalantes is a Chihuahuan photographer who has been documenting the extreme drought that has left the Rio Conchos almost dry, and with insufficient water for families to fish or raise crops. 🦂🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

ICE agents’ refusal to wear proper identification has opened the door for impersonators to harm others. A 17 yr old US citizen had a gun pulled on him by a man claiming to be ICE. ICE’s unchecked aggression has already created an environment where abuse thrives.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

The propaganda messaging, and MAGA content creators got their start in border communities during the Biden era and now it's a well oiled machine that is state sponsored. We've been warning about this for years. www.theborderchronicle.com/publish/post...

ICYMI: As scrutiny narrows this week on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordering lethal missile strikes of boats. Jonathan Blitzer, author and reporter speaks with The Border Chronicle about his recent article on the boat strikes. Full podcast episode🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela. Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.

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A Q&A with author Raquel Gutierrez on art, the apocalypse, Interstate 10, and their new poetry book, Southwest Reconstruction. To read the full interview, click the link below🔗🦂: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

Happy pub day to Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social now available on the Noemi website! Be sure to check out Raquel's interview with Caroline Tracey for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social also out today: www.theborderchronicle.com/p/a-border-w...

A short and important roundup this week! We are thankful to you for supporting the only independent border-wide publication owned by journalists. Plus, read a new CJR article about us, and listen to our podcast interview with Laura St. John 💛🤎🦂 Click below🔗🦂: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

“Religious institutions have changed the borderlands, and the borderlands have changed religion” 

I had so much fun learning from this @cetracey.bsky.social story about the history of multicultural resistance in the borderlands. We love a heartening story of togetherness! 🔥🌵✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼🌵🔥 & outlaw pastors!

I joined @danielrothberg.bsky.social for the first video edition of his newsletter, Invisible Waters—imo the best resource for staying up to date about what’s going on with water in the West—to talk about my forthcoming book, Salt Lakes: substack.com/@cetracey/no...

New podcast episode is out NOW! 🎙️ In this new episode, @the_florenceproject legal director, Laura St. John, offers insight into misconceptions about detention under the Trump administration. To listen to the full episode, click the link below🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

“With this declaration, Colombia protects more than 483,000 km² of the Amazon biome, which corresponds to 42% of its national territory & 7% of the total South American Amazon. The Colombian govt has emphasized that “the magnitude of the gesture reaffirms its environmental & climate leadership...”

Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."

Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here: presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...

Meanwhile in Laredo, Texas National Guard are making Apocalypse Now sizzle reels x.com/TXMilitary/s...

It’s Friday!👋🏻 Our WEEKLY ROUNDUP is now up and you do not want to miss out on this week’s stories🗞️🦂! Click the link below🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

The contemporary exhibition “Living with Injury” features displays of a decade-long community environmental justice effort in the borderlands military-industrial complex. The exhibit will be @mocatucson from November 18 to May 2026. Read the full article below🦂🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

🎙️Our new podcast episode with Jonathan Blitzer is OUT NOW! A discussion around his most recent piece “The Real Target of Trump’s War on Drug Boats,” U.S.-Mexico Border,military deployment into cities, and more. To listen, click on the link below🦂🔗: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

I had the honor of speaking on a recent panel about the boat strikes with Laura Dib (WOLA), Brian Finucane (Crisis Group), Katherine Yon Ebright (Brennan Center for Justice), and Amanda Klasing (Amnesty Int.). This is the most comprehensive discussion I have yet seen on the topic. Please share.

Our Weekly Roundup is here! Do not miss out on the stories we covered this week & ways you can continue to support the Border Chronicle’s work. 🫂 🦂🔗Link below: open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

As the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) kicks off in the Brazilian Amazon, Amali Tower of Climate Refugees reports from Guatemala’s dry corridor where communities facing climate change disruption are fighting to stay. Read the full article below🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

What Ken Paxton is doing here is deranged -- suing organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrants (especially immigrant children) -- and also we should see it as the test case for what the GOP wants to do.

We are two journalists with 25 years-plus experience reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border, and started our own outlet in 2021 reporting on the border region with context and analysis. It's been tough learning the business side, but we are independent and growing. @theborderchronicle.bsky.social

I have always hated the disproportionate spending on military violence in this country but now I extra, extra hate it

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A Q&A with Sister Tracey Horan, the associate director of education and advocacy for the Kino Border Initiative. She emphasizes insights that recently deported people have shared on Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Read the full interview at the link below🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting. Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

In case you missed today’s Weekly Round Up live ft. Russ McSpadden, we’ve got you covered! Click the link below to get caught up, and not miss this week’s stories and updates! 🗞️🦂 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

Starting now! Do not miss this interview with Russ McSpadden.🦂🎙️ open.substack.com/live-stream/...

In the border city of Brownsville, Texas, Josie Del Castillo, a figurative painter reflects her experiences growing up Mexican- American. Del Castillo is an artist and single mother who has been impacted by the SNAP delays . Read the full story below🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...